Teams with the most wins for the 2012 Season!

[dlwssonic]

GVA will not get a lot of wins.

He might get some wins from the smaller classics. He has improved since last year.

 

[Kvinto]

Yes BMC didn't get many wins but have you forgotten the inclusion of guys like gilbert, thor, pinotti, blythe, cummings, TJVG. These riders can get add much more wins to their win total. Last year they only had evans or GVA. This year ballan can ride and he might get some wins too. Liquigas team hasn't changed much and the only person who can consistently win is sagan or viviani.

You seem to exaggerate these guys' winning potential, because in fact they (all 5) scored massive 6 wins in 2011 (Thor - 4 of them).

To make it clear Liquigas scored 32 wins in 2011 and if you want to compare them to BMC in current squads then 'Gilbert winning potential = Sagan winning potential', and it's likely that BMC and Liquigas would score similar amount of wins in 2012 with one little difference being that BMC hunts for more important ones while Liquigas would score many wins in Italian domestic races, so if the question would stand 'the most WT wins' BMC would look more reasonable but if you count wins in general there are many cat.1 or HC races in Italy where Liquigas will score much.

 

[will10]

WTF? GreenEdge with 0 votes? WTF is wrong with you ppl?

If they have 0 votes it means you didn't vote for them either. Why not?

 

[Ryaguas]

If they have 0 votes it means you didn't vote for them either. Why not?

That post was joking all we know that they wont have more than 15wins

And I voted for OQS when they had 0 votes

 

[Froome19]

He might get some wins from the smaller classics. He has improved since last year.

and so has his team (not a good thing)

 

[greenedge]

GVA, gilbert, thor and evans can get many wins. Or am i being overly optimistic.

Ballan and Blythe as well.

Movistar, Garmin and Lotto are underrated in this.

Movistar if they commit to Ventoso over Rojas for sprints should win a lot. They then have 5 riders who are feared in breaks and 3 good ITTers. They also have Valverde/ Cobo who should get stages/ a GT win somewhere.

Garmin have Dan Martin and CVV i think will have good form next year. Farrar could get Olympic Gold ( not his trade team but who cares ) and a good classics squad which should win at least one Monument.

Lotto just have Greipel for the quantity but from what we saw at the TDU he looked great. JVDB could go for a podium ( somewhere ) and he along with Vanendert can chase stages/ the Ardennes.

 

[AussieGoddess]

GVA wont get many wins - he wont be allowed anywhere near a finish line

But I still think BMC will do pretty well.

I also think Lotto will do well this year.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Did liquigas win? dangggggg..i thought they were not big enough.

 

[maltiv]

Standing so far:

Omega Pharma Lotto: 11
Liquigas- Cannondale: 6
Garmin-Barracuda: 5
Sky: 5
...
BMC: 0

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Standing so far:

Omega Pharma Lotto: 11
Liquigas- Cannondale: 6
Garmin-Barracuda: 5
Sky: 5
...
BMC: 0

Dude..what are you talking about? liquigas aint even in the op

 

[El Pistolero]

Tbf to BMC: Phil, Cadel Evans and Thor are usually guys who win later in the season.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tbf to Rabobank: they usually don't win. And if they get in the position to win. Erik Dekker will personally stop them from winning.

 

[Mambo95]

Credit where credit's due - Quick Step are racking up the wins pre-season. I didn't expect that. They won't keep it up, but they've shown they've got several winners on board.

 

[greenedge]

They might not keep it up once the GT's come around but the GT's/ Classics will be shared around quite a bit by the other teams. ToC looks a good possibility and so do at least one Classic.
The question is will Sky be able to catch them or any team for that matter.

 

[JRanton]

Standing so far:

Omega Pharma Lotto: 11
Liquigas- Cannondale: 6
Garmin-Barracuda: 5
Sky: 5
...
BMC: 0

CQ has the current victory ranking slightly different:

OPQS - 11
Liquigas - 8
Lotto - 6
Sky - 5
GreenEdge - 3
Garmin - 3

 

[auscyclefan94]

Standing so far:

Omega Pharma Lotto: 11
Liquigas- Cannondale: 6
Garmin-Barracuda: 5
Sky: 5
...
BMC: 0

Did you expect BMC to win in Oman, Qatar or Down Under?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Did you expect BMC to win in Oman, Qatar or Down Under?

No, but for anyone who was expecting them to get the most wins, giving up an 11 win headstart can't exactly be encouraging.

I still think that Sky will overhaul OPQS, mind you.

 

[greenedge]

That is going to be hard now.

 

[Richeypen]

1.OmegaPharma - Quick Step 30
2.Sky Professional Cycling Team 28
3.Liquigas - Cannondale 22

The gap at the top is coming down all the time

 

[Gloin22]

Sky will catch them at the end, but OPQS had tremendous season anyway and with 30 wins already that's a great number . Also good to see KAtusha doing well, very much improved from last season overall with results throughout the year.

 

[El Pistolero]

1.OmegaPharma - Quick Step 30
2.Sky Professional Cycling Team 28
3.Liquigas - Cannondale 22

The gap at the top is coming down all the time

OPQS has 31 wins.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

OPQS has 31 wins.

Email CQ or it doesn't count for this thread. They're normally very grateful when you tell them about mistakes.

 

[El Pistolero]

CQ doesn't count.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

CQ doesn't count.

I should have thought their defining characteristic is that they count.

So that I don't have to, and neither need I trust numbers you pronounce.

 

[Gloin22]

CQ doesn't count.

You smoking something